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the terminal one largest. The flo\^ers are bright yellow, about half 

 an inch in diameter, in racemes. The pods are usually near an inch 

 long, on spreading stalks ; with a stout, flattened beak, longer than 

 the pod itself, containing a single seed. They are constricted 



THE FUMITORT. 



between the seeds, and both valves and beak are clothed with stiff, 

 whitish hairs. The plant flowers during June and July. 



A third member of the same genus — the Black Mustard {Brassica 

 nigra or Sinapis nigra) — is also cultivated for its seeds, which are 

 used in the preparation of table-mustard, and it is also a moderately 

 common weed of cultivation in many parts. It is a hairy plant, 



